[UA] The last game session in DL's dinner room (may - 15)

[DL]

[para o pessoal da lista em português: sim, eu sei que tá em inglês.
Qualquer dúvida, pode dizer na lista. Essa é a sessão passada. O próximo
jogo é nessa quarta que vêm, ou seja, amanhã. Artur, vc vai aparecer?
Jacques, ta afim de jogar não? Mas sem faltar, viu? :) ]

Last wednesday night game (as the tittle says, and yes, finally), was short,
just about 3 hours. Palermo and Eduardo came soon, but i believed Nogueira
will eventually arrived, so i keep talking, and we even almost started it,
when we heard the door bell (actually, is a terrible BUZZ or something) and
he finally came. So we got ready and started it. [And yes, João didnt show
up, what was a shame. In his place, i would love to play with a "Fallen"
type of character, but i also understand him]

Just before landing, however, Montoya received a message when he was in the
bathroom, getting more charges. The message came in a envelop, passed below
the door. Was something like that: "You should not trust in Chalker, he is
dangerous, and will lead to your destruction, when you arrive in London, i
will contact you. Ass.: Michael Dandridge". Besides that, Chalker, Montoya
and Holt talked a little, but without further incidents. They soon arrived
at London airport (Heathrow or something like that, right?), and look for a
Hotel not so expensive.

After some discussion about strategies and payments, Montoya got into the
bathroom to take a shower, and Chalker was calling Lieber. Chalker got a
little worried, and Lieber a little confused. Lieber had received a visit
from Chalker, just two days before, trying to hire him for the same reason,
and Chalker was denying that. So, someone have been impersonating him, that
was clear, but who? Lieber didnt care. He wants the money, and asked more to
this Chalker, than the previous Chalker had offered. They should meet in the
Hotel in half an hour.

And Motoya got a new message. From the bathroom mirror. He didnt want to,
btw (yes, he got really scaried), to the point he tried to ignore Dandridge,
who left with a terrible disapointed scream, and shattering the mirror, wich
cause some cuts on the Epideromancer. Holt break into the bathroom, but
Montoya denied any problems.

Soon, Lieber arrived. All of them agreed with the exploration, and to seek
this "hidden city beneath London". Montoya and his old friend, Lieber, have
gone to Lieber apartment to get some clothes, and anything else he needs.
Holt and Chalker have gone shopping, for the whole equipment they would
need.

Just after Lieber and Montoya left the hotel, they started to be followed. A
girl, driving another car just starting to come closer, and when reach then,
scream to them to pull over. They did, and she opened her door and walk to
the drivers window of their car, Lieber's window to be more exactly. She
them looked to Montoya, and promissed to kill him next time they meet.
Eduardo was confused. I described the scene of she walking back to her car,
but he just reacted after i described all. As usual, Eduardo finally found
something to complain, but i stated to him that, since he hesitated, his
character ALSO hesitated. She got into the car when he reach the front of
it. She drove it, almost hitting him, that dodge, then he run inside, and
told Lieber to follow her.

Nogueira is not used to UA, and not used to be a Urbanomancer. So he didnt
thought about using any spells to stop her. By the way, the girl is
Mancinni, just in a "rented" body. They follow her a few blocks, and i was
tempted to use the car chase rules, but it would would down the action,
since was mostly roleplay, and i dont want to think about the difficult
divisions the rules made for those situations, so i just gave them one or
two checks. In one of those, Mancinni got a BOHICA. Maybe i didnt gave the
players the right explanation, but they thought it was a extreme success,
and them Mancinni scaped. The problem is that Mancinni lost control of the
body, and the girl hit a wall two blocks away, but they didnt need to know
that, so i keept it for me.

In this last check, they also failed, and are trying to throw Mancinni's car
against a wall. They end up hit the car, but lost control, and hit a
streetlight/lamp. A policeman show up almost imediatly. He asked for
identifications, and didnt look exactly happy to have an american destroying
the city. He asked Mr Lieber to go with him, and asked Montoya to stay
there, waiting for a auto-rescue team that should arrive shortly.

The policeman put Lieber in the back seat of his car, and drove from there.
Montoya looked and found a phone cabin, calling Chalker and Holt. But was
too late, Lieber have been abducted, behind their noses.

Montoya waited for Chalker and Holt, and they arrive in about 10 minutes.
Montoya have a trouble with two police officer that have appeared and asked
him his ID, and car documents, wich he didnt have. Chalker and Holt arrived
just in time, and after some talk, and even intimidation, day leave with
Montoya. They follow in the direction of the station, but before they reach
it, they noticed a car crash, the car that had taken Lieber.

When Lieber got into the car and was taken by the officer, he was calm. It
changed when the driver pull out a gun and started to shoot him. He them use
a blast, but at same time was hit badly (35 wound points). Some kid throwed
a cat through the window in one of the buildings above, and hit the
windshield of the car...accident just followed. Barely alive by the bullet
and car crash, he passed out.

When Montoya, Chalker and Holt arrived, they saw no sign of Lieber, just the
dead driver, with the rear view mirror stuck in his throat (nice to see
Palermo turning his face from the scene). They lost Lieber again, and tried
to reach the next hospital, but no trace of him.

The Session ended with Lieber waking up, inside yet another car, Patched,
and with something chittering/growling by his side. He turned, and see this
"shadow thing" inside a glass cage. "Good you wake up, Lieber, my name is
Michael Dandrige. You have some things to do for me", the driver said. "No
problem, as long as you don't hurt me, i will do it", answered
Nogueira/Lieber, and the session was finished...

Tomorrow is the next game session. I wrote mostly of Tenebraemancy (Michael
Dandrige is a Tenebraemancer from the "Horror Freaks" group, and an old
timer in the London OU, but just recently got his Tenebrae...), but not the
powers yet, wich i hope to finish this night, or tomorrow morning, i will
send to the list when i finish it. By now, several groups are already
involved, and i have to stop with this imediatly or will start to confuse
even myself. No Post-Modern group, except some "horror freaks", but Michael
is working almost like a Duke that took some "horror freaks" friends with
him. As i see, there will be three kinds of groups in the campaign:
Post-Modern  cabals, Modern groups (Magdalenities, The Society for the
Eternal Dawn, etc. - probably i will take something from the Millennium tv
show - the magdalenities are already inspired on it), and Old Magik groups
(49 Wise, The True Secret Order of Rosicrucians, The Templars, The True
Macons, etc.), and probably even a few religious connected groups will be
also on it.

Whats in the city beneath London? I dont know. I have a few ideas, but i
like to improvise. Makes the game a lot more fun to me. Whats the point of
playing something you already know too much about? usually you end up
driving the players to your own ends, and i hate it. Maybe they will find
clues about the Grail, whetever it is...maybe is an old Saint Germain
fortress, maybe is just a bunch of ruins of the first Londons, maybe there
is even no city. I really dont know. But i hope will be fun. :)

Haroudo Xavier

About "Jogo Bonito"...sounds more spanish, but are portuguese words, yes. :)
I dont know, there is lots of Hack and Slash here also, lots of ppl still
playing Vampire, and Vampire LARPS (wich are quite big. There is three
continuos Vampire LARPs in Recife, wich takes around 40-50 people playing
every weekend), and D20 is widely played. GURPS have some public, but is
getting less people around it everyday, wich is a shame, is something better
to start instead of D20 or Vampire. Mostly "alternative" RPGs are not even
reconized, UA included on this list. The Media is not friendly to RPGs
anymore, after a murder involving (inderect) RPG players - the muder was
found later, and have no RPG connections, but the damage was already done.
There is even some discussion about a law to ban RPG in Brazil, wich is
ridiculous, but since we are not really organized, is not impossible to
happen, wich would certanly destroy RPG Market.


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